runningandthecity

I promise I will bring something back for the Winner! Whoever gets closer, wins, If there’s two identical times, the first poster wins! So it’d be better if you include seconds in there too. Ok, some data… Last 2 marathons: – National Marathon, March 2011: 3:37:5something. – NYCM, November, 2011:…

Running Biomechanics: What are your arms doing?

In the last three days, there’s been basically two thoughts conflicting my already-usually-cloudy brain. The mile. I haven’t yet gotten over how magical that mile was. In case you didn’t see my post (with all the celeb runners!), here’s a bit I wrote: This was of the oddest of all races I ever…

Running Biomechanics: It is NOT the shoe, it’s the FORM

Running Biomechanics: there is ONLY three human forms of locomotion

Nine days to marathon day and I feel wiry. It’s the only way I can describe this. I feel made out of wires. These wires are thin (my skinny pants are falling off), very bendy (the little mileage makes me feel like I am losing muscle tension), and fully charged.…

Running Biomechanics: Fix Your Cadence!

With one week til Berlin, I am doing another race. But it’s just ONE mile… You’ve heard of it: THE Fifth Avenue Mile.I can’t even tell you how cool it is. I’ve done it like 3 times already, and never well, but mostly for the fun. After all, how often…

Running Biomechanics: Balance = Speed

Has this been going on for over 2 months now? #1 #2 #3 #4 Tuesday Fun: CaptionTHIS! #10 Very Random Pics

Nine days to marathon day and I feel wiry. It’s the only way I can describe this. I feel made out of wires. These wires are thin (my skinny pants are falling off), very bendy (the little mileage makes me feel like I am losing muscle tension), and fully charged.…

With one week til Berlin, I am doing another race. But it’s just ONE mile… You’ve heard of it: THE Fifth Avenue Mile.I can’t even tell you how cool it is. I’ve done it like 3 times already, and never well, but mostly for the fun. After all, how often…

Until you get your form analyzed, you really have no idea what you are doing.We all think we run like Kenyans or Ethiopians that just need a little tweaking.But until you see yourself in video, you really don’t know. That is why I like to start my coaching sessions asking…

This year I became quite aware at how many people don’t ice bath. Talk to the pros, and they will tell you how they sit on a cold creek after every run or something weird like that. Still, I know many-times-over marathoners who don’t. Probably because they just never started.…

Some running coaches will tell you to lean. Some running methods will also tell you to lean (chi-running, POSE method, etc.) Don’t listen. They tell you that if you lean forward, your feet will catch your fall, and voila, that’s running. They explain that “running is a constant fall”. (And,…

It’s all yours, take it! #1 #2 #3 Tuesday Fun: CaptionTHIS! #9 In a NYCM minute